Shoe-polishing machine



may 13 1924. 1,493,839

M. BASINOW ET AL SHOE POLISHINr MACHINE Filed Oct. 21. 1921 4Sheets-Sheet 1 [7112? Tbf 0245 %m du gala a0,

May 13 1924.

I 1,493.839 M. BASINOW, ET AL SHOE POLISHING MACHINE Filed on. 21. 19214 Sheefs-Sheet 2 May 1.3 1924. 1,493.839

v M. BASINOW ET AL SHOE POLISHING MACHINE Filed Oct. 21. 1.921- 4Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented May 13, 19 24.

UNETED STATES MAURICE BASINOW AND SAMPSON BROWN, F BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-POLISHING MACHINE.

Application filed October 21, 1921. Serial No. 509,261.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MAURICE BASINOW and SAMPsoN BROWN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Boston, in the county of 5 Suffolk and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inShoe-Polishing Machines, of which the fol-v lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for polishing boots andshoes.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine for the purposespecified which upon inserting a coin in a slot will automaticallyoperate to clean the shoe, apply polish thereto and then polish it.

Another object of the invention is to pro- I vide a machine of thecharacter set forth which will be very thorough and rapid in itsoperation.

Another object of the invention is to provide means to protect theclothing of the customer from being soiled by the polish or by thepolishing brushes.

In carrying our invention into practical operation, the machine of ourinvention embodies a pair of foot rests upon which the customer placeshis feet in the usual manner. He then drops a coin into a slot in themachine and the coin completes an else trical circuit and starts inmotion an electric motor which by trains of gearing operates-threebrushes having horizontal shafts, these brushes being located onebetween two foot rests, and the other two outside the foot rests so thateach foot rest has two brushes with horizontal shafts located onopposite sides thereof, the middle brush of the three acting to polishboth of the shoes. Each of the three brushes referred to is divided into40 three separate brushes, one for cleaning the shoe, another forapplying the polish theretoand the third for polishing. These brushesare rotated and at the. same time a reciprocatory motion is impartedthereto. The brushes are preferably made with long bristles so that theywill clean, apply polish to and polish all portions of the shoe exceptthe top of the toe portion. In order to polish the top of the toeportion and apply polish thereto We supply a pair of brushes for eachfoot-rest,'these brushes being located above the foot rest and mountedupon a ro'cker frame. Mechanism is provided to rotate these brushes andalso to rock the rocker frame at the proper time to bring one of thebrushes into contact with the shoe and clean the shoe, second to applypolish, third to polish, fourth to apply polish and fifth to polish theupper portion of the front part of the shoes and the machine is so timedthat when this operation has been performed the side brushes will havemoved forwardly 1n the machine to the extreme rear part of the shoes andwill have also returned until they have reached about the middle of theshoe from heel to toe. By this time the toebrushes will have completedtheir work and the side brushes will continue moving rearv wardly in themachine until they have completed their work on the sides of the shoeafter which the machine is operated to break the electric circuit,allowing the coin to drop into a receptacle provided in the ma chine andthe electric circuit being broken,

*the machine will automatically stop.

To these ends the invention consists in the combinations of elements setforth in the following pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional vie-w illustrating the gearing whichrotates the different instrumentalities, the View being taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional elevation showing the cam and coin chuteand taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional elevation illustrating a portion of themechanism for operating the toe brushes.

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional elevation taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1illustrating the feed shaft which is rotatably mounted in the brushrotating shaft whereby the main brushes are rotated and reciprocated.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 6, bothof these figures being broken away to save space in the drawings.

Fig. 8 is an end elevationv of the brush rotating and reciprocatingshaft and mech anism connected therewith.

Fig. 9 is a detail view of the key whereby reciprocatory motion isimparted from the specification and particularly brush reciprocatingshaft to the side brushes.

7 his feet in the usual manner upon foot rests 1 and 2, Fig. 2. Themechanism, as a whole, is enclosed within a casing, openings beingprovided in the casing through which the feet of the user can beinserted in order that they may rest upon the foot rests 1 and 2. A coin3 is dropped into a chute 10, Fig. 4, and passes downbetween twoelectrodes 11 and 12 completing an electric circuit, the electrodesbeing connected by wires 13 and 14 to an electric motor 15, Fig. 1. Amotor shaft 16 has a gear 17 thereon, Figs. 1 and 3,'= which meshes intoa pinion 18 fast to one shaft 19 of threebrush rotating shafts 19, 20and 21. These shafts are horizontal and r the brushes whichare mountedthereon are rotated by the shafts 19, 20 and 21 and simultaneously thesebrushes have a reciprocatory motion imparted thereto. They are locatedas follows :.The shaft 19 is located to the left of the foot restl, theshaft 20 is located between the foot rests land 2, and the shaft 21 islocated to :the right of the foot rest 2. Each of-the shafts 19, 20 and21 has a feed shaft rotatably mounted therein which operates to impart areciprocatory motion to the brushes located on that shaft. All of theshafts 19, 20 and 21 operatein the same manner and, therefore, theoperation of one of these shafts will apply equally well to the othertwo. The pinion 18, Figs. 1 and 3, meshes into an intermediate gear 22which, in turn, meshes into an intermediate gear 23, the latter meshinginto a pinion 24 fast to the shaft 20. The pinion 24 meshes into anintermediate gear 25, which meshes into a pinion 26, which, in turn,meshes into a gear 27, the gear 27 meshing'into apinion 28 fast to thebrush rotating shaft 21. These different gears rotate in the respectivedirections of the arrows shown in Fig. 3 so that it will be seen thatthe shaft 19 rotates in a clockwise direction, while the shafts 20 and21 rotate in a counterclockwise direction. Each of these shafts 19, 20and 21 has a feed-shaft 29 rotatably mounted therein, see Figs. 6, 7 and8, and these feed shafts are provided with a two-way or cross thread 30into which projects akey 31 which is mounted in a screw 32, Fig. 6, andhas screw-threaded engagement with a sleeve 33 which is splined by a key32' to the shaft 19 with which it rotates and upon which it slides. Thesleeve 33 has brushes 34, 34' and 35 fast thereto. The brushes 34 and34' are cleaning and polishing brushes and the brush 35 is a-polishapplying brush, these brushes operating upon the sides of the uppers ofthe boots and shoes and upon the 'the brush 35 by a roll 36, Figs. 6 anheel portion thereof. Polish is applied t3 this roll has an intermittentrotary motion" i applied thereto by a pawl 37 and a ratchet 38, thepawl'37 being mounted upon a link 39 which is moved by an eccentric rod40 and eccentric 41, the eccentric 41 being fastoned to the sleeve 33 sothat as the brush 35 is rotated, it will come into contact with diff'ferent parts of the polish applying roll 36.

Polish 42 is contained in a receptacle 43 and is forced against theperiphery of the roll 36 by a'spring 44. The polish container 43 and itsroll 36 are mounted upon a bracket 36' which is fastened to a collar 4mounted upon the sleeve 33. The lower end .of the receptacle 43 isprevented from swaying laterally by a pin 5 which projects between apair of tracks 6, thus it will be seen thatas the brushes arereciprocated along the shaft 19 the polish container 43 and its roll 36will move along with them, and thus the roll 36 will always maintain itssame 10- cation relatively thereto. The reciprocatory motion is impartedto the brushes 34, 34' and 35 by the feed shaft 29 which is rotated toeffect this reciprocatory motion by a gear 45, Fig. 8, which meshes intoa pinion 46 fast to an arm 47 which is pivoted at 47' to the shaft 19and is lided during the rotation of the shaft 19 %;y a. pin 48 whichprojects through a slot 49 provided in the arm 47, the pin 48 beingfastened to the frame 50 of the machine.

There are two sets of brushes for applying polish and cleaning andpolishin the toes of the boots, one set for each oot. These areillustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 5. Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 5, 51 is apolish applying brush and 52 is a cleaning and polishing brush. Thesebrushes operate upon the toe portion and upper portion of the shoe. Arotary motion is imparted to these brushes 51 and 52 and also a rockingmotion. The said brushes are rotated by gears'53 and 54 fast to shafts55 and 56, to which shafts the brushes 51 and 52 are also fastened. Saidshafts are rotatably mounted in a rocker frame 57, see Figs. 2 and 5.The gears 53 and 54 are rotated by a gear 58 which is fast to a shaft 59rotatably mounted in the rocker frame 57 and this shaft 59 is rotated bya gear 60 which meshes into a gear 61, see Fig. 3, the gear 61 beingrotated by a gear 62 which meshes into a gear 63, thegear 63 beingdriven by the gear 24.

A rocking movement is imparted to the rocker frame 57.so as toalternately bring is rotated by a pinion 62'. The shaft 65 and its cam64 are rotated in a counterclockwise direction, see Fig. 4, bythe-mechanism hereinbefore described and as the cam 64 rotates from theposition illustrated in Fig. 4 the rise 69 engages a roll 70 which isrotatably mounted on a connection 71 which is connected to a link 71which, in turn, is connected to a lever 72 pivoted at 73 to the frame ofthe machine. The lever 72 is con nected at its lower end by a link 74 toa slide rack 75. This rack hasieeth upon'its lower edge which engagegears 76 and 77 fast .to sleeves 59' forming a part of the rocker frames57 and rotatably mounted on the shafts 59. As the cam 64 continues itsrotation it causes the slide rack through the mechanism just describedto be reciprocated in proper time to rock the sleeves 59? with thebrushes 51 and 52 on the shafts 59 and to produce the following sequenceof movements. First the brush 52 is rocked by the rocker frame 57, seeFig. 2 to bring it into contact with the shoe 78 and this cleans theshoe. Then the rocker frame 57 is rocked in an opposite direction so asto bring the brush 51 into contact with the shoe and this applies polishto the shoe. Then the rocker frame is operated in the opposite directionto bring the polishing brush in contact with the shoe, then it is rockedback to bring the polish into contact with the shoe and then it isrocked to bring the polishing brush into contact with the shoe andfinishthe operation, and finally the parts are returned to the positionillustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 in which the brushes 51 and 52 are out ofcontact ing the upper end of a supporting member 89 fast to the rockerframe 57. When the parts are in the position illustrated in Fig. 2 thepolish feeding roll is held in contact with the polish applying roll 51.When the rocker frame rocksto remove the member 89 from contact with thearm 88 then the spring 87 operates to. lift the lever 84 and the polishfeeding roll out of the path of the cleaning and polishing brush 52. Themachine is stopped by a contact member 92 fast to the cam 64, Fig. 4,which engages a One end of the lever 84 is supthus breaking the circuitand stopping the,

machine.

.In order to ,protect the trousers and stockings of the user ofthemachine and prevent polish from being applied thereto a pair of guards90 are provided which are supported upon a bar 91 which is fastened toavertical reciprocatory rack 92'. Said rack is slidably mounted upon theframe of the machine and has a reciprocatory motionimparted thereto by apinion 93 fast to a shaft 94 which is manually rotated by means of ahandle 95.-

'While we have described the different brushes in the foregoingspecification as bristle brushes, it is evident that without departingfrom the spirit of our invention tion to protect the trousers andstockings.

He then drops a nickel in the slot and the different mechanismshereinbefore described are then operated to first clean the sides of theshoes by the reciprocatory rotating brushes 34. These cleaning brushesare followed as'theyare moved toward the front of the machine by thepolish applying brushes 35 and the'polish applying brushes are followedby the polishing brushes 34'.

When the brushes 34, 35 and 34' have moved forwardly operating upon theopposite sides of the shoes until the brush 34 has passed beyond thefront faces of the brushes 51 and 52, the polish .applying brush 51 andpolishing brush 52 are operated as hereinbefore described to firstclean, second to .apply polish, third to polish, fourth to apply polishand fifth to polish the upper portion of the front part of the shoes,and the machine is so timed that when this operation has been performedrthe brushes 34, 35 and 34 will have moved forwardly in the machine tothe extreme rear part of the shoes and will have also .returned untilthe brush 34' is about in the middle of the shoe from heel to toe. Bythis time the brushes 51 and 52 will have completed their work and thebrushes 34, 35 and 34 will continue moving rearwardly in the machineuntil they have completed their work on the sides of the shoe, whereuponthe machine will operate as hereinbefore described to break the electriccircuit and allow the coin to drop into a receptacle provided in themachine, and the machine will then stop.

We claim:

1. A shoepolishing machine having, in

combination, a foot rest, a horizontal rotary shaft adjacent thereto, afeed shaft rotatably mounted in said horizontal rotary shaft and havinga cross thread upon its periphery, means to impart a rotary motion tosaid feed shaft, a sleeve slidably mounted on said rotary shaft, a ke insaid sleeve engaging said cross threa and a brush fast to said sleevewhereby a simultaneous, reciprocatory and rotary motion may be impartedto said brush.

2. A shoe polishing machine having, in combination, a foot rest, ahorizontal rotary shaft adjacent thereto, a feed shaft ,brush mounted onsaid shaft and rotatable therewith, mechanism adapted to impart areciprocatory motion to said polish applying brush longitudinally ofsaid shaft and mechanism driven by said shaft adapted to feed polishingmaterial to the periphery of said polish applying brush.

4. A shoe polishing machine having, in combination, a foot rest, .arocker'frame, a pair of brushes rotatably mounted upon said rocker frameand above said foot rest, mechanism adapted to impart a rocking motionto said rocker frame whereby said brushes may be brought alternatelyinto and out of contact with the upper portion of a shoe mounted uponsaid foot rest and mechanism adapted to impart a rotary motion to saidbrushes.

5. A shoe polishing machine having, in combination, a foot rest, arocker frame, a plurality of brushes rotatably mounted upon said rockerframe and above said foot rest, mechanism adapted to impart a rockingmotion to said rocker frame embodying a rack and pinion, a rotary camand mechanism connecting said cam to said rack whereby said brushes maybe brought alternately mto and out of contact with the u per portion ofa shoemounted upon said foot rest and mechanism adapted to impart arotary motion to said brushes.

6. A shoe polishing machine having,-in'

combination, a foot rest, a rocker frame, a pair of brushes rotatablymounted upon said rocker frame and above said foot rest, mechanismadapted to impart a rocking motion to said rocker frame whereby saidbrushes may be brought alternately into and out of contact with theupperportion of a shoe mounted upon said foot rest, mechanism adapted toimpart a rotary motion to said brushes and means to apply polish to theperiphery of one of said brushes.

7. A shoe polishing machine having, in combination, a foot rest, arocker frame, a rotary shaft upon which said rocker frame is mounted, apair of brushes rotatably 'mounted upon said rocker frame and above saidfoot rest, mechanism adapted to impart a rocking motion to said rockerframe, a gear fast to said shaft and a gear fast to each of said brushesand meshing into said first named gear whereby said brushes may be brouht alternately into and out of contact witfi the upper portion of a shoemounted upon said foot rest and a rotary motion ma be applied to saidbrushes and means inc uding mechanism operated by said shaft to applypolish to one of said brushes.

8. shoe polishing machine having, in combination, a foot rest, a rockerframe, a rotary shaft upon which said rocker frame is mounted, a pair ofbrushes rotatably mounted upon said rocker frame and above saidfootrest, mechanism adapted to impart a rocking motion to said rocker frame,a gear fast to said shaft and a gear fast to each of said brushes andmeshing into said first named gear whereby said brushes'may be broughtalternately into and out of contactwith the upper ortion of a shoemounted upon said foot rest and a rotary motion may be applied to saidbrushes, means including mechanism operated by said shaft to applypolish to one of said brushes and mechamsm adapted to move said polishapplying means from the path of the other of said brushes.

9. A shoe polishing machine having, in combination a foot rest, a pairof horizontal rotary shafts adjacent thereto and located on oppositesides respectivel thereof, a brush mounted on each of sai shafts, arocker frame, a pair of brushes rotatgbiy mounted on said rocker framean adapted to impart a reciprocatory motion to said first-named brushes,mechanism adapted to impart a rocking motion to said rocker frameand atrain of gearing adapted to impart a rotary motion to all of saidbrushes. 4 1

10. A shoe polishing machine havin in combination, a pair of rotarybrushes a apted to en ge the opposite sides of a shoe, a pair 0? rotarybrushes adapted to alternately engage the top of the upper of a shoe,mechanism including a train of geari adapted to rotate all of saidbrushes an also adapted to impart a reciprocatory motion to saidfirst-named pair of brushes and a rocking motion adapted to alternatelyabove said foot rest, mechanism bring said second-named pair of brushesinto and out of contact with said shoe.

11. A polishing machine having, in combination, a plurality of rotarybrushes adapted to engage the opposite sides of a shoe, a plurality ofrotary brushes adapted to alternately engage the top of the upper of ashoe, mechanism including a train of gearing adapted to rotate all ofsaid brushes and also adapted to impart a reciprocatory motion to saidfirst-named brushes and a rocking motion adapted to alternately bringsaid second-named brushes into and out of contact with said shoe and anelectric motor adapted to drive said gearin In testimony whereof We setour hands in presence of. two subscribing v witnesses.

Witnesses:

FRANKLIN E. Low, 'CHARLES S. GOODING.

liave hereunto

